Account-register.



D.S.DUNN. ACCOUNT REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19, 1911.

1,094,887, Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

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D. S. DUNN.

ACCOUNT REGISTER.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN.19, 1911.

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1 ATTORNEY DANIEL S. DUNN, OF BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.

ACCOUNT-REGISTER.

To aZZ 207mm it may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL S. DUNN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Bay City, in the county of Bayand State of Michigan. have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Account-Registers; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull. clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to account registers and pertains moreparticularly to that class of account registers in which the carbon copyof the purchasers order is filed on an index sheet of metal or othersuitable material, there being a series of such sheets 1ndexedalphabetically or in any other convenient manner for ready reference.

The object of my invention is to provide. an account register of theclass above referred to. with means whereby all of the accounts may bereadily inspected, filed or removed by a number of personssimultaneously, thereby greatly facilitating the clerical work ofoperating an account system.

A further object is to provide an account register capable of containinga large number of accounts in a small space, yet allowing each accountto be readily inspected, and furthermore to arrange the account sheets(on which the orders are mounted in groups or books) so that a group ofthe sheets may be removed from the register without disturbing theremaining sheets in the register. All of the sheets comprising one groupare fastened together and removable from the register as a single book.The purpose of this construction is to enable a number of clerks to workupon the accounts in the various books simultaneously, and to permit allof the books to be stacked and filed in the vault or other safe placewhen the register is not in use.

A further object is to provide a novel means for filing the orders onthe metal sheets.

lVith these and certain other objects in view, which will appear laterin the specification, the invention consists in the devices illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevationshowing the working parts of an account register of my improvedconstruction; Fig. 2 is a top plan Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 19, 1911.

Patented Apr. 28, 1593. at.

Serial No. 603,558.

view of the upper revolving disk with one book in place; Fig. 3 is aperspective of one of the brackets by which the sheets are bound intogroups and the groups removably mounted on the disks; Fig. 4 is aperspective of a book of sheets, a second book being indicated by dottedlines to show how a number of books may be piled together for storage;Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detail taken on the line a".-a; of Fig.1; and Fig. (3 is a perspective detail showing the springs by which thebills are held to the sheet, the sheet being broken away in part.

In the drawings, 1 indicates a base or other suitable support, which maybe in the form of a pedestal as shown. Fixed to the base 1 is a centralupright standard 2. Revolubly mounted on the standard 2 are disks 3 and4 connected by a hollow spindle 5, the disks and spindle being adaptedto re volve together in either direction around the standard. I preferto make the upper disk 4 in the shape of a polygon, although it may beof circular or other shape. The disk 4 is provided with a plurality ofpairs of holes 6 in alinement with corresponding holes 7 in the lowerdisk. The pairs of holes 6 and 7 receive the pins, by means of which thebooks of sheets may be readily mounted upon or removed from the disks.

In Fig. at is illustrated one of such books. It consists of a number ofsheets 8 preferably made of sheet metal, having rearwardly anddownwardly projecting lugs 9. 9 at their ends. The downwardly projectinglugs are received in apertured brackets 10, 10 so that each sheet ishinged to and may be turned in the brackets like the leaf of a book, thetwo brackets 10 and 10 serving as binders for the sheet. The lower end9" of each lug 9 is upset to prevent the lugs from coming out of thebrackets. Each bracket is provided with a pair of down wardly projectingpins 11 and 11 adapted to be received in the holes 6 and 7 respectivelyso that the book of sheets can be attached to the disks by simplyinserting the pins into the holes, and can be removed by merely liftingthe book.

The entire register may be revolved around the upright standard so thattwo or more persons may work at different sides of the case at the sametime, either filing orders or figuring accounts. .Vhen desired the booksmay be lifted from the case, stacked te l as imlicated in Fig. l,:lforming a. compact package, and stored in the vault for safe keeping.

I have also devised an iinproveifl means for a ttachiug the orders 12 tothe sheets 8. This means is illustrated in detail in Figs. and (S, inwhich 13 is a flat strip of metal riveted or other 'ise secured at itslower part to the plate 8 in horizontal position, the upper part 1 ofthe strip being "Folded outwardly to form a pocket in which the bottomedge oi? the hill rests. ihe upper edge oi? the strip is slitted as at14,, to form a lip 1st which is bent downwardly to engage a rod lroiiindthe rod 15 is wound a spring wire 16, one end 16 of which pressesagainst one face of the sheet and the other end 16 presses against theopposite face, the extremities of the wires being bent to form flattenedloops 1?, 17 to better hold the bill against the sheet 8. The lower endof part lo passes through a perforation 13 in the strip 13 and sheet 8,as indicated in Figs. and 6. Both spring clips are thus formed oil? asingle piece oi wire.

l prefer to make each sheet 8 of sullicient size to hold four orders oneach face, thereb giving capacity for eight accounts on each sheet, andprefer to mount the sheets in groui is of live or six to each book,although any other number of sheets may be employed. lly this means anybook of say forty-eight accounts may be readily taken from the register,used at some other place, and quickly restored thereto as easily as asingle sheet could be removed from an ordinary register. It is alsopossible for a numher of accounts while in the register, to be inspectedby a nmnber of persons at the same time, thereby expediting the figuringGenes of t is atent ma he obtained for five cents each h addressing theliommissiener ou sa? up ot a large number of accounts or the aranging ofa great number of orders.

.t number of devices may be combined with my improved register ifdesired, as for instance a revolving case 1.8 for use as a display rack,as a receptacle for spices or other articles, or for any other desiredpurpose, the case being mounted on the up-- wariilly projecting end ofthe spindle.

ll hile l have shown and descrilil my improved register as adapted tothe filing of orders and hills such as are commonly used in retailstores, it is obvious that it may also be adapted for filing othersheets used in different kinds of business, by simply making the sheetsand springs of proper size to take the papers to be filed.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters latent, is

In an account register, the combination with a standard, of an upper anda lower polygonal. disk having holes therein in proximity to each edge,said disks revolubly mounted on said standard, pairs of brackets adaptedto be removably attached to said disks, each bracket comprising a plateprovided with projecting pins adapted to he received in the holes ofsaid disks and formed with a plurality of openings near its outer edge,a plurality of iul'lcxiblc sheets adapted to carry papers, said. sheetspivotally secured to said openings oil": each pair of brackets.

in tcstin'iony whereof, I allix my gnature in presence of two witnesses.

Dilllll lli DUNN.

li itncsses ANNn'rtm CRAIG, CHRISTINE A. BRATDEL.

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